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Henry Beckles Willson

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Died
  
1942, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France

Books
  
Occultism And Common, The Life And Letters Of James, The story of rapid transit, Lord Strathcona: The Story, George III - as Man - Monarch

Henry Beckles Willson, known as "Beckles Willson", (26 August 1869, Montreal – 1942) was a Canadian journalist, WW I soldier, historian and prolific author.

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Family

On 28 June 1899 Beckles Willson married Ethel Grace Dudley; they had two sons and one daughter.

Selected works

  • Harold; an experiment (1891)
  • Drift (1895). Verse, 85 pages
  • Tenth island; being some account of Newfoundland, its people, its politics, its problems, and its peculiarities; with an introduction by the Rt. Hon. Sir William Whiteway ... and some remarks on Newfoundland and the navy (1897)
  • The great company, 1667–1871: being a history of the honourable company of merchants-adventurers trading into Hudson's Bay; with an introduction by Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal with original drawings by Arthur Heming (1899)
  • Lord Strathcona: the story of his life; with forewords by the Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Aberdeen. With 8 illustrations (1902)
  • The life of Lord Strathconan and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.
  • Lost England; the story of our submerged coasts (1902)
  • The new America; a study of the imperial republic (1903)
  • Ledger and sword (1903)
  • Story of rapid transit; with thirty-seven illustrations (1903)
  • Nattevandring (1905)
  • Canada; with twelve reproductions from original coloured drawings by Henry Sandham (1907). A book for young people
  • George III, as man, monarch and statesman (1907)
  • Occultism and common-sense; with an introduction by Prof. W.F. Barrett (1908)
  • Life and letters of James Wolfe (1909)
  • Nova Scotia: the province that has been passed by (1911)
  • Quebec, the Laurentian province (1913)
  • Aglaia of Melos (1914). Verse
  • In the Ypres salient; the story of a fortnight's Canadian fighting, June 2-16, 1916 (1916)
  • Ypres, the holy ground of British arms (1920)
  • Redemption; a novel (1924). 399 pages
  • Paris embassy; a narrative of Franco-British diplomatic relations 1814-1920 (1927). 368 pages
  • Ambassade d'Angleterre à Paris (1814-1920): un siècle de relations diplomatiques franco-britanniques (1929)
  • America's ambassadors to France (1777–1927): a narrative of Franco-American diplomatic relations (1928)
  • America's ambassadors to England (1785-1928): a narrative of Anglo-American diplomatic relations (1928)
  • America's ambassadors to England (1785-1929): a narrative of Anglo-American diplomatic relations (1929)
  • From Quebec to Piccadilly and other places, some Anglo-Canadian memories (1929)
  • If I had fifty millions! (1931)
  • John Slidell and the Confederates in Paris (1862–65) (1932)
  • Friendly relations; a narrative of Britain's ministers and ambassadors to America (1791–1930) (1934)

    • References

    Henry Beckles Willson Wikipedia
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